Baby Cake Vegan Apple Cake -- Baby Cake #4

Vegan Apple Cake

For some people, apple cake is synonymous with comfort food. I wanted to create a recipe that was not fancy. I wanted to offer something fragrant with cinnamon and vanilla, but still sweetly quiet and ... comforting. This pretty little number offers the winning combination of simple fare with a small nod towards health. It's definitely not the healthiest thing I've ever made, but the total sugar content is quite low, and the rest of the ingredients don't belong in the 'totally evil' column by any means.

The recipe for this evil little cake is simple, and it bakes up in a hurry.

ingredients:

1 1/4 cups filtered water

1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil

2 tsp egg replacer + 1/4 cup filtered water

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup organic cane sugar

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ceylon cinnamon

1/2 tsp organic ground vanilla

2 cups organic whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 large apple (royal gala), cored and cut into small pieces

1/2 med sized apple (royal gala), quartered and cut into thin slices

directions:

preheat the oven to 345

1. warm the water, and melt the coconut oil in it

2. combine the egg replacer with the 1/4 cup water, and stir into the water and oil

3. add the vanilla, sugar, and apple cider vinegar

4. add the salt, cinnamons, and vanilla

5. add the flour

6. mix in the baking soda

7. stir in the chopped apple, and spoon into 24 prepared muffin cups

8. top each cup of batter with a thin slice of apple and a (generous) sprinkle of organic cane sugar, which will caramelize delightfully as the cake bakes

9. bake the cakes at 345 for 30 minutes